Chapter 262: Reopening
Now that the epidemic is over, the fishing fans who have been holding back for several months are like insects after being stung, and they have come out of their hiding places, and they have begun to gear up, organize their equipment, and prepare to go to their favorite fishing grounds to do a lot of work, and strive to regain the lost time!
The first wave to feel this passion was the fishing tackle shop, and of course, Hong Tao's small shop. Now the color scale fishing tackle shop has a certain reputation among Beijing fishing friends, not only because of the store's specialty - color scale special effect bait, but also because Hong Tao has slightly decorated the fishing tackle shop, and many fishermen are admiring him to see his new decoration.
How is he decorated? Very simply, Hong Tao selected some of the distinctive and representative photos of his fishing, hunting, and playing in Japan and Canada, made them into a large frame, and then hung them in the house of the fishing tackle shop, from the east wall to the west wall, from the counter to the window, as long as there is a blank space, they are all hung up, and the entire fishing tackle shop is about to become a washing and printing agency.
As for whether these photos are hung artistically, Hong Tao doesn't know how to do it, anyway, he knows that the effect is very good. Fishermen who come to the tackle shop to buy or chat are all attracted by these photos, and after shopping, they will go around the house and take a closer look at the scene in the photos. Especially more interested in those fishing photos, if you catch Hong Tao present, there will definitely be someone pulling Hong Tao to point to the photo and ask questions, there is too much information to understand.
For most Chinese anglers in this era, fishing abroad is still a very distant topic, what is the difference between fishing methods abroad and those in China? What are the different types of fish? What is the difference in fishing equipment? How are fishing environments different? …… It's a whole bunch of questions that they want to know about and are interested in.
Soon, not only can you buy secret bait in the colorful scale fishing tackle shop, but also hear new stories and see new things The news spreads among anglers, and every day there are fishing friends from all corners of the city to come together to see the excitement.
There are those who are simply curious, and there are those who are ready to move. When I saw these photos of Hong Tao, the fun little flame in my heart was immediately ignited, especially after seeing the big sailfish caught by Hong Tao, everyone's hala was about to flow out of the corners of their mouths.
In this way, the Colored Scale Fishing Tackle Shop has basically become a Colorful Scale Exhibition Hall, and the originally empty and spacious store space immediately seems a little small and a little crowded. Everyone not only looks at it and leaves, they also have a lot of questions, because it is not often possible to catch Hong Tao to ask in person, those old acquaintances who have chatted with Hong Tao or listened to Hong Tao tell these fishing stories will have a place to use.
They answer most of the questions from the newcomers, and then they form small groups based on their personal interests and temperaments. Occupy different positions in Hong Tao's small shop and begin to set up a dragon gate array.
Due to the gradual rise in temperature, there are more and more people in the store, and the original large sofa has long been insufficient. So Hong Tao didn't buy any more sofas, but got 3 small round tables with sun umbrellas from Yang Ke and placed them directly in the open space at the entrance of the store.
By the back of the sea a large row of poplars, even at noon. There can also be a large shade here, where people sit around the table in the shade of the trees, drinking free tea and smoking their own cigarettes. With a lake of clear water, it is still very pleasant. So that I slowly liked the style outside the house, but no one grabbed the sofa in the house, even if there was air conditioning to enjoy. When there are seats outside, the sofa in the house will not be patronized.
At this time, Gao Ming showed his business acumen, after obtaining Hong Tao's consent. He asked his uncle Gao Fatzi to contact him with a few cold drink wholesale points, and then signed a monopoly contract with others, and exchanged the monopoly for the support of the wholesale station, so as to get 1 horizontal freezer and 3 vertical cold drink cabinets without spending a penny.
Gao Ming filled these cabinets with all kinds of drinks and cold drinks, at first he was going to sell them to fishing friends who chatted here, but what he didn't expect was that these small tables and large shades could not only provide an environment for fishing friends to rest and communicate, but also be used as a cold drink shop by many tourists who came to Houhai.
Many tourists who pass by here choose to sit here and have a drink, especially those who are independent foreign tourists, who can not only get a rest and cold drinks here, but also get a lot of useful information, such as asking for directions, asking about attractions, consulting about hotels, etc.
Beijingers are famous for their hospitality, those fishing friends have everything to do, there are many people who speak good English, even if the language is not understood, they can also hold a map, through gestures to you for a long time, if you catch up with a serious person, say that half a day has not been clear with tourists, he can drive his own car to give you a ride.
Of course, these must be built on a foundation, that is, these tourists must respect them, open their mouths to call big brother, sir, uncle or something, and they will immediately get enthusiastic help, if you open your mouth is "hey...... Hey ......", then you kid is going to be unlucky, if you meet a good-tempered person, at most you will ignore you, and if you meet a bad-tempered person, he can point you to Tiananmen Square the former residence of Song Qingling.
Hong Tao usually goes to the store in the morning, just when he wants to run around Houhai, and when he comes back from a lap, it will be around 10 o'clock, chatting with everyone in the store, and just going home for lunch. However, since he posted the photos, there have been more and more customers in the store, and although most of them are attracted by the photos and fresh stories, the sales of the bait have also increased, and Gao Ming alone is already a little busy.
Gao Ming has changed a lot in the past year or so, from a rebellious child who didn't like to go to school to a profiteer who is keen on business management and thinks about how to start a business and make a fortune all day long.
This time, it was Gao Ming's idea to add a cold drink project in front of the fishing tackle shop, and Hong Tao did not interfere from beginning to end, he did it all by himself. Gao Ming not only got a few free refrigerators and freezers, but also thought about the relationship between the streets, and greeted the manager through Gao Fatzi, otherwise these tables would have to be pulled away by the chengguan every day.
Seeing Gao Ming have this kind of change, the happiest is Gao Fat, his uncle is too tired, not only has to serve the up and down of a kindergarten all day long, but also has to look at this nephew who is not worry-free.
Now it's okay, my nephew knows that he has learned the Tao well, and he has done a solid job here in Hong Tao, and he has made a lot of money, and his salary has risen to 2,000 yuan a month, which does not include the income of those cold drinks, because the cold drink projects are run down by Gao Ming, so Hong Tao does not take a penny of profits, and all the income from cold drinks belongs to Gao Ming himself, which can be regarded as an encouragement to Gao Ming, so that his brain can be used more in this area and less to think about those useless things.
Now that the business is getting better and better, Hong Tao has to come to the fishing tackle shop more often to help take care of it, Gao Ming has to sell bait alone, and he has to help customers tie fish hooks, plus his cold drink business, it is not enough to break it alone.
Let's say, this person is also interesting, except for the bait that Hong Tao is the only one, all the other fishing gear is wholesaled from the big factory, and the quantity is not much, it is placed on the counter to rush to the storefront, and he has no intention of selling it out at all.
However, with the growing reputation of special effect bait, more and more people come to the fishing tackle store to buy bait, and Hong Tao's fishing gear has actually entered the sales season. After buying bait, many anglers will pick out some fishing gear, such as hooks, lines, etc., even if the price of these fishing gear is a little more expensive than other fishing tackle shops, it doesn't matter.
Hong Tao is actually not a black profiteer, deliberately selling fishing gear more expensive than others, but he has no fixed purchase channels at all, when he wholesales a lot of fishing gear, the price is already about the same as the retail price in other fishing tackle stores, even if he doesn't add a penny, there is no advantage in price. (To be continued......)